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Purism (creator of FOSS friendly phones and hardware) 2023 financial report , income grew by 350% in three years and the company is profitable (puri.sm)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Their prices are insane, $999.00 for a 11.5" tablet? $799.00 for a mini-PC? Are they fucking mental? Who would buy these?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I did. Saved up for years and then finally pulled the trigger.

It broke after about a week of use and took them about a year to give me a partial refund.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That really sucks and isn't a good look for Purism.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

There shtick is privacy. They are selling privacy oriented machines which is a value add for people who need device privacy but don't have the bandwidth to to setup and audit everything themselves. The service they are selling is more privacy then value budget hardware.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

pricing is in line with the top ipad. I consider it kind of an activist move to buy one of these though, more about supporting a cause than getting a device with maximal functionality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

With prices like this, it's kind of performative activism though. It severely limits access and makes it like privacy is a luxury only a few can afford. That's a weird message to be sending out.